add-skill SKILL.md skillA
add-skill from openhands/extensions is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add openhands/extensions/add-skill@git:20260922.804c84bPins git:20260922.804c84b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- openhands/extensions
- Path
skills/add-skill/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20260922.804c84b, committed Sep 22, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 6, 2026
- Size
- 2,243 bytes
- Repository stars
- 179
- License
- MIT
Import an existing skill from a GitHub repository URL into the current workspace. Use only when the user provides or references a GitHub URL/repo to fetch from (e.g., `/add-skill https://github.com/OpenHands/extensions/tree/main/skills/codereview` or "add the codereview skill from https://github.com/OpenHands/extensions/"). Handles fetching the skill files and placing them in .agents/skills/. This does not author new skills — to create a new skill from scratch (no source URL), use the…
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Add Skill Import skills from GitHub repositories into the current workspace. ## Workflow When a user requests to add a skill from a GitHub URL: 1. **Parse the URL** to extract repository owner, name, and skill path 2. **Fetch the skill** using the bundled script. Run it from this skill's directory (the directory containing this SKILL.md file): ```bash python3 scripts/fetch_skill.py "<github-url>" "<workspace-path>" ``` 3. **Verify** that SKILL.md exists in the destination 4. **Inform the user** the skill is now available ## URL Formats Supported - `https://github.com/owner/repo/tree/main/path/to/skill` - `https://github.com/owner/repo/skill-name` - `github.com/owner/repo/skill-name` - `owner/repo/skill-name` (shorthand) ## Example User: `/add-skill https://github.com/OpenHands/extensions/tree/main/skills/codereview` ```bash # Run the fetch script python3 scripts/fetch_skill.py "https://github.com/OpenHands/extensions/tree/main/skills/codereview" "/path/to/workspace" # Verify installation ls /path/to/workspace/.agents/skills/codereview/SKILL.md ``` …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add openhands/extensions/add-skill@sha256:dfe7467e03adfcbcThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260922.804c84b, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Feb 6, 2026 and Sep 22, 2026, about one every 45 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260922.804c84b latest | 2026-09-22 | 804c84b | 2,243 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260810.e13c1aa | 2026-08-10 | e13c1aa | 2,030 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260701.599cc4d | 2026-07-01 | 599cc4d | 1,891 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260216.75f7c5c | 2026-02-16 | 75f7c5c | 1,725 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260211.a1d7f96 | 2026-02-11 | a1d7f96 | 1,709 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260206.4993778 | 2026-02-06 | 4993778 | 1,718 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2243 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
openhands/extensions · 179 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_kdyp2fj3hrh34yc3 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=openhands/extensions/add-skill GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/dfe7467e03adfcbca1cb2dd6db40d552a57584ad13c0abed311f82d25e5bd88c
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Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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